tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6191291921045171637.post8616174568980357367..comments2020-06-05T20:51:44.229+01:00Comments on Tolstoy is my Cat: Does Writing Have to be Political to Matter?Celeste85http://www.blogger.com/profile/05575580291868960322noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6191291921045171637.post-18125202627685100582012-11-28T10:29:46.899+00:002012-11-28T10:29:46.899+00:00What a great essay topic. Good luck! What a great essay topic. Good luck! Celeste85https://www.blogger.com/profile/05575580291868960322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6191291921045171637.post-76310359953243118322012-11-28T01:22:53.939+00:002012-11-28T01:22:53.939+00:00I agree, i&#39;m currently writing an essay titled...I agree, i&#39;m currently writing an essay titled &quot;‘Writing cannot be imagined outside of any kind of political involvement.’ Discuss with reference to two or more of the writers you have studied.&quot; and I stumbled across your blog. I haven&#39;t seen them, but I will do some google research! :)AVnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6191291921045171637.post-45037380680912293952012-11-27T22:10:35.448+00:002012-11-27T22:10:35.448+00:00Hi there AV. I don&#39;t think there&#39;s any one...Hi there AV. I don&#39;t think there&#39;s any one answer to this. You&#39;re right also about literature conveying what real life was like - did you see the 50th anniversary pieces about Alexander Solzhenitsyn? It&#39;s amazing the effect that book had on the world.Celeste85https://www.blogger.com/profile/05575580291868960322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6191291921045171637.post-50927856766109105222012-11-27T21:00:46.892+00:002012-11-27T21:00:46.892+00:00I actually have to disagree, I think that politica...I actually have to disagree, I think that political involvement in literature has always existed and always will. In the past literature was one of the only ways in which people could express themselves and the situations there were in; their everyday lives and the way in which people were suffering. There was censorship and oppression and literature is one of the best ways of understanding what life was like for them- not what the image that the government of that time wanted to convey to the rest of the world.<br /><br />People write about what they know; what they have experienced and how they feel and politics affects everyone. AVnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6191291921045171637.post-70457924097318680082011-04-01T17:31:21.853+01:002011-04-01T17:31:21.853+01:00I don&#39;t think political writing matters more, ...I don&#39;t think political writing matters more, but it depends on the content, writing, and genre.<br /><br />Flash fiction is one genre where I&#39;d never want to see anything overtly political. There just isn&#39;t the room to do it well. <br /><br />As long as the writing feels true, then it&#39;s important.Stacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03980711066816198415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6191291921045171637.post-57887491326798824552011-03-30T11:03:45.678+01:002011-03-30T11:03:45.678+01:00Great comments guys, thanks, and for what it&#39;s...Great comments guys, thanks, and for what it&#39;s worth, I think I agree. <br /><br />I tend to start skimming the moment I feel that someone is trying to teach me something or make me aware of something the writer obviously feels I should be aware of.<br /><br />I understand the compulsion to be a voice for someone you feel is misrepresented or unheard though - maybe the best way to do this would be to free a story of oppression from a particular setting or conflict and make it so you could generalise it to any similar situation? Not sure. <br /><br />Think I&#39;ll be sticking with the personal for now, as I don&#39;t think that it&#39;s of any smaller significance, and I agree James, escapism is key.Celeste85https://www.blogger.com/profile/05575580291868960322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6191291921045171637.post-19163943942203736242011-03-29T15:00:07.667+01:002011-03-29T15:00:07.667+01:00Amen. Stay away from politics, and deal with that...Amen. Stay away from politics, and deal with that which really matters. I tend to turn right away from anything that has a political edge these days.<br /><br />Keep up the good work!martinipenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04587300582887055279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6191291921045171637.post-36724425544825293942011-03-28T19:46:08.417+01:002011-03-28T19:46:08.417+01:00Writers often use literature to vent their politic...Writers often use literature to vent their political beliefs, and in some cases the literature comes second to the beliefs they are trying to express. <br /><br />Some writers believe political topics will make their writing topical to an audience.<br /><br />But political basis always lessens literature. And more importantly by locking it down to current events, a writer is losing the &#39;timeless&#39; appeal that literature can have.<br /><br />Often as readers we read fiction to escape politics, and therefore it is the last thing we want to read about.James Hugheshttp://www.james-hughes.comnoreply@blogger.com